Suspended ink-well cabinet.



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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1914. Patented Dee. 2 1, 1915.

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HERBERT'M. STURGIS, or KANSAS CITY, MIssoun-I, iiSsIGNon To kannoiaLnvINGs'roN,

or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

SUSPENDED INK-WELL CABINET.

Speciatioii of Letters Patent.

Patented nec, 21, 1915.

vvApplication mea-september as, 1914. seriai No. 863,656.

Toll 'whom tmay concern.'

Be it known that 1,'HERBERT M. STURGIS, acitizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements n Suspended Ink-v WellCabinets, of which the following is' a specication.

This invention relates to suspended inkwell cabinets and more especiallyto that class which are adapted to be attached to and underliethehorizontal shelf usually forming the bottom of a series of compartmentsinthe upper part ofa modern oiiice desk, and my object is to produce acabinet of this general class which is ornamental aswell as serviceableand of simple, compact and cheap construction.

A further object is to produce acabinet of this .character embodying adrawer carrying .ink-wells and a slide to cover feach ink-well so thatwhen one ink-well is in use the ink in the other is not exposed forevap-v eration and is protected from the entrance of dust and lint. j e

Another object is to produce a cabinetof this characterprovided with adrawer and with pen orjpencil holding chambers at oppositev sides of theink-wells so that the projecting ends of the pen holders or pencilsshall not interfere with free and ready access to the ink. i

vAnother objectv is to provide a cabinet having chambers rearward of theink-wells and means forpreventingthe drawer opening sufficientlytoexpose said Vchambers,when `access to the ink-wells only is desired,and to provide other means for guarding against the accidental totalwithdrawal of the drawer when access'is desired to the rearf most ofsaid chambers or it is desired to open the drawer sufliciently to permitthe ink-wells to be removed for cleaning andre filling purposes.

With these general objects in view `the invention consists in certainnovel and peculiar feat'ures of construction and organization ashereinafter described andclaim'ed, and in order that it may be fullyunderstood reference is to be had .to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l, is a view illustrating the application of the cabinettoa desk, the drawer being partly open and one ofthe inkfwells covered.Fig. 2ilsa longitudinalsection-on the line II-II of Fig. 1, with thedrawer closed. Fig. 3, is a top plan view of the cabinet with the topthereof. broken away. Fig. 1i, is a vertical transverse section on theline IV-IV of Fig. 3.

In the said drawings where like reference numerals identifycorresponding parts, 1 is the top of the cabinet of any suitable depthand'width and adapted to underlie the desk shelf 2 as indicated in Figs.1 and 2. This top may be secured to the Shelf in any suitable manner butpreferably will be provided with npstanding rearwardly disposed hooks 3tol hook over the front edge of the shelf as shown, and with a screw eyei to be screwed into theV shelf and thus guard against disconnection ofthe hooks with the latter, By this arrangement it will be apparent thatit will only be necessary to screw or unscrew the eye-bolt to secure thecabinet firmly to the shelf or to permit its ready disconnectiontherefrom, and in this connectioniit will also be apparent that if aparticular cabinet is too deep for application to a desk shelf the hooks3 can be set back upon the top, in which case the top will project moreor less beyond the front edge of the shelf. This will not beobjectionable nor unsightly provided the top is finished to correspondwith the desk or is of metal nickel-plated, oxidized or otherwiseornamentally finished.

Securedto'and underlying the top at its side margins,` is a pair ofchanneled guides or cleats 5 for the reception of correspondinglyrabbeted outer edges of the drawer 6, the front rail 7 of the drawercorresponding ,in width to the top so that it shall cover and thereforehide the ends of the cleats when the drawer is closed, as will beapparent by reference togFigs. 1 and 3. j

AThe drawer is formed with a pair of sha1'-l low recesses 8 extendingfrom the rail 7 a suitable distancerearward for the reception of a pairof slides or covers 9, provided at their front ends with upstanding lugs10, having notches 11 wherein the end of a pen,- cil or a finger nailmay be inserted to adjust the slides forwardly to cover the ink-wells,and in order that this may be accomplished readily the front edge of thetop is recessed in its under side as at 12 .to receive the lugs 10, therecesses 12 opening at 13, slightly through the' front edge of the topso that access can be had to the notches 11 when Y vide upwardlyldisposed annular shoulders l'upon which vrest the enlarged upper ends 17of ink-'wells 16 depending through open:

ings 14, notches '18 being provided in the walls of the openings for thereception of external lugs 19 on the ink-wells, to prevent the latterturning. Rearward of each openingy 14 theV drawer is provided with acham.-

' ber or pocket 20 over which the slides eX- tend when the drawer isopened so that access may be had to the ink-wells. If access toonly asingle ink-well is desired the slide over the other ink-well will bedrawn forward to cover the same. The pockets 20` are adapted to receive-pen points, pins, paper fasteners or the like, and for the ace.commodation of a large variety of accessories the drawer willpreferablyA be provided with additional chambersor pockets 21, rearwardof the chambers orpoekets 20v and recesses 8. Y i

As a convenient means for arresting the opening movement of the drawerwhen access is desired to the ink-wells, the drawer is provided near oneside with a depending Y pin 22, and a catch 23 is pivoted to theunderside of the adjacent cleat 'and is provided at one sidewith al lipor extension 24 so that whenfthe catch is swung inwardly said lip orextension will stand in the path. of vforward-movement of said pin,andto prevent the impact of the pin on the llip or extension swingingthe plate clear under the cleat, the plate is provided with anupstanding lugV or handle 26 at its outer edge, to strike against theouter side of said cleat, this lug 26-also enabling the operator toreadily swing lthe plate outward, as indicated by the arrow in Fig.3,'to withdraw the lip or extension from theV path of theV pin vand thuspermit the drawer to vbe opened until it is arrested by the engagementof a stop plate 27, securedv` to and projecting laterally from the rearend of the drawer,with a stop pin 28 depending from the fronty end ofthe adjacent cleat as'shown by Figs. 3 and 4.

At opposite sides .ofthe recesses 8v and openings 14,"the 'drawer isprovided with longitudinal openings 29, and secured lin Y the Vfrontends of said openings to give a finish to the lface of the drawer areferrules 30, of brass'or other metal andprojecting centrally from thefront end o f the drawer is a button or handle'l.

Assuming that the cabinet is secured in place as explained, and that thedrawer is closed Yas shown in Fig. 2, and that access platewhichmovement will expose thenkv wells unless the slides move with the'drawer,

Vfor the ink-well to which access yis not `deplater will be set asindicated in Fig-3. The

drawer can then be drawn open. until the pin 22 strikes the lip orextension' 24 Aof said if so the slide covering the ink-well to whichaccess is desired is slid back under the top.-

If the slides do not move forward the slide sired will be slid forwardto cover said inkwell. A pen-holder can then :be withdrawn from one ofthe openings 29 and replaced therein when desired, it beingV obviousthat as the pen-holders and ypencils project foi1` ward from the drawerbelowtheVv plane of the top thereof they in nowise interfere with theready access to the ink-wells, and it will I also be noticed that whenthe drawerl is closed,the slides will beautomatically repositioned overthe. ink-wells because the lugs of the slides come into engagementwiththefb'ack walls of the recesses 12, las most clearly seen byreference to Fig. 2.

When access is desired to the pockets rear Ward of the ink-wells, theplate 23 will be swung outward and the drawerl pulled forward untilarrested by theV engagementof plate27 with pin 28. With the drawerfully' opened, the ink-wells can be readilyv removed by inserting afinger under the drawer and pressing upward upon the desired ink-well sothat the' operator need not insert his iin-1 ger in the well itself. y YY Y Fromv the above descriptionY it will be apparent that I haveproduced a suspended ink-'well cabinet vwhich embodies the desirablefeatures Aenumerated and I wish itv to roo be understood that I reservethefright to f Y makeall changes falling within thespirit *105 and scopeof the appended claims.

Iclaim: iv Y Al.` suspended ink-wellfcabinet, compriseV ing a top, adrawer slidably supported'theref under and'k provided with a. recess uinits upper side andanu 'opening communicating' at its upper Aend with therecess,1 a slide adjust# able lin Ythe recess longitudinally,v of thedrawer and susceptible of rearward movef ment by or independently 'ofthe drawerf and underlying the said top, and a lug projecting upwardlyfrom the said slide for yconvenience in vadjusting it forward manuallyand for limiting its rearward movement byV engagement with the said top;said top vhaving an undercut recess to receive the said lug when theVslide is adjusted rearwardly-'its full distance.y v f 2. An inkwellcabinet, comprising a flat top, parallel guides depending from the topat the side margins thereof, a drawer slid` ingly engaging and supportedby the guides,

having a. front rail adapted to overlap and cover the front edgesv ofthe topV andthe drawer having shallow longitudinal recesses Slides beingalso adapted to be limited in in its upper sideand vertical holesopening their forward adjustment by the said rail. 10 into saidrecesses, inkwells set into said holes, In testimony whereof, I affix mysignature slides in said recesses, normally covering the in the presenceof two witnesses.

inkwells, but adapted when slid rearward in HERBERT M. STURGIS. therecesses to uncover the inkwells, and pro- Witnesses:

vided with lugs to' engage the top and be 'FRANK R. GLORE,

limited thereby in rearward movement; said G. Y. THORPE.

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